Liber Psalmorum, 31

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0. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1. Magistro chori. PSALMUS. David.

1. In thee, O LORD, do I seek refuge; let me never be put to shame; in thy righteousness deliver me!

2. In te, Domine, speravi, non confundar in aeternum; in iustitia tua libera me.

2. Incline thy ear to me, rescue me speedily! Be thou a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!

3. Inclina ad me aurem tuam, accelera, ut eruas me. Esto mihi in rupem praesidii et in domum munitam, ut salvum me facias.

3. Yea, thou art my rock and my fortress; for thy name's sake lead me and guide me,

4. Quoniam fortitudo mea et refugium meum es tu et propter nomen tuum deduces me et pasces me.

4. take me out of the net which is hidden for me, for thou art my refuge.

5. Educes me de laqueo, quem absconderunt mihi, quoniam tu es fortitudo mea.

5. Into thy hand I commit my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

6. In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum; redemisti me, Domine, Deus veritatis.

6. Thou hatest those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in the LORD.

7. Odisti observantes vanitates supervacuas, ego autem in Domino speravi.

7. I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities,

8. Exsultabo et laetabor in misericordia tua, quoniam respexisti humilitatem meam; agnovisti necessitates animae meae

8. and hast not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a broad place.

9. nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici; statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos.

9. Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief, my soul and my body also.

10. Miserere mei, Domine, quoniam tribulor; conturbatus est in maerore oculus meus, anima mea et venter meus.

10. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.

11. Quoniam defecit in dolore vita mea, et anni mei in gemitibus; infirmata est in paupertate virtus mea, et ossa mea contabuerunt.

11. I am the scorn of all my adversaries, a horror to my neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.

12. Apud omnes inimicos meos factus sum opprobrium et vicinis meis valde et timor notis meis: qui videbant me foras, fugiebant a me.

12. I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.

13. Oblivioni a corde datus sum tamquam mortuus; factus sum tamquam vas perditum.

13. Yea, I hear the whispering of many -- terror on every side! -- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

14. Quoniam audivi vituperationem multorum: horror in circuitu; in eo dum convenirent simul adversum me, auferre animam meam consiliati sunt.

14. But I trust in thee, O LORD, I say, "Thou art my God."

15. Ego autem in te speravi, Domine; dixi: “Deus meus es tu,

15. My times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors!

16. in manibus tuis sortes meae”. Eripe me de manu inimicorum meorum et a persequentibus me;

16. Let thy face shine on thy servant; save me in thy steadfast love!

17. illustra faciem tuam super servum tuum, salvum me fac in misericordia tua.

17. Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call on thee; let the wicked be put to shame, let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.

18. Domine, non confundar, quoniam invocavi te; erubescant impii et obmutescant in inferno.

18. Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

19. Muta fiant labia dolosa, quae loquuntur adversus iustum proterva in superbia et in abusione.

19. O how abundant is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee, and wrought for those who take refuge in thee, in the sight of the sons of men!

20. Quam magna multitudo dulcedinis tuae, Domine, quam abscondisti timentibus te. Perfecisti eis, qui sperant in te, in conspectu filiorum hominum.

20. In the covert of thy presence thou hidest them from the plots of men; thou holdest them safe under thy shelter from the strife of tongues.

21. Abscondes eos in abscondito faciei tuae a conturbatione hominum; proteges eos in tabernaculo a contradictione linguarum.

21. Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as in a besieged city.

22. Benedictus Dominus, quoniam mirificavit misericordiam suam mihi in civitate munita.

22. I had said in my alarm, "I am driven far from thy sight." But thou didst hear my supplications, when I cried to thee for help.

23. Ego autem dixi in trepidatione mea: “Praecisus sum a conspectu oculorum tuorum”. Verumtamen exaudisti vocem orationis meae, dum clamarem ad te.

23. Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but abundantly requites him who acts haughtily.

24. Diligite Dominum, omnes sancti eius: fideles conservat Dominus et retribuit abundanter facientibus superbiam.

24. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!

25. Viriliter agite, et confortetur cor vestrum, omnes, qui speratis in Domino.

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